Good one patryn
Please update the following pammy homage in 1st post.
Getat http://www.siswatch727.com/index.do
Jackson Tse http://www.jacksontse.com/

This post has been edited by ck77: May 7 2010, 08:50 PM

You ask for it. First review in thread 2

Been lurking for b-uhr (pilot watch) for few months now. Some history of the original WWII pilot watch can be found here, http://www.calibremagazine.com/node/305

Finally decided on Laco due to its price and originality of the b-uhr. Chose B dial coz I find A dial is too common and plain for my liking.
This is the original spec for B dial b-uhr. 55mm in size! Easily readable and wear outside the flight suit.


Shipping was fast, 3 days from Germany to KL with FedEx.

Special request for no logo dial to reflect the original spirit of b-uhr. 42mm in brushed steel, mineral cystal glass, inner hour markers with outter minute markers. Still getting used to the short hour hand.


Non screw-in onion crown, would not put a mark on the back of your hand like diamond crown.


Polished steel clear case back with mineral cystal. Mitoya 8215 workhorse. Second hand running smoothly, no stutter issue so far (touch wood )


Original pilot strap with rivets. Strap alone costing EUR49.00


Need some times to figure how to wear the strap Strap sitting nicely on my wrist in last hole. People with small wrist might need to request for shorter strap or punch additional holes.


Lume nicely with superluminova.


And lastly, compulsory wrist shot.


Very limited production due to parts availability (or financial difficulty), stocks usually sold off within days.
Laco, one of the 5 original makers of b-uhr, Make in Germany, albeit Japanese movement, EUR166.39 ~RM730 with free FedEx shipping.
Though not as historically correct spec as WUS LE, but I still think that this baby is a steal

This post has been edited by ck77: May 8 2010, 12:22 AM

patryn, as fas as watches are concern, that's tax free in Malaysia. Item reached Sepang at the morning, cleared by custom by noon, reached me at 4.30pm on the same day!

terence, too bad any warranty claim need to send back to Germany. But good news is, Miyota is not a complicated movement and could be serice locally here. If worse come to worse, is not that expensive to change the entire movement!

Almost all of the modern watches are lume by superluminova, expect some brands like Ball, Luminox, Lum-Tec etc.

Thanks guys
nando, yes the price is after VAT
kelvinftg, yea the Stowa is a real beauty. Things that put me off are their unwillingness of VAT waiver and waiting times.
'-_- as mentioned earlier, watches are duty free here.

This post has been edited by ck77: May 8 2010, 10:58 PM

Graham look alike and quite pricey for a Russian movement

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Added on May 10, 2010, 9:33 pmEver wanted to get an IWC Mark XV or XVI but couldn't afford it?
Here it is, Speedbird III from Time Factors. Best homage and bang on the bucks GBP340
http://www.timefactors.com/speedbird.htm


MODEL SPEEDBIRD III - PRS-22
BASE
Material 316L stainless steel, brushed finish
Diameter 39mm, 42.6mm including crown
Lug to lug height 46mm
Thickness 11.9mm
Anti-magnetic 80000 A/m with anti-magnetic movement cover and movement retaining ring
Water resistance 100 metres, also negative pressure tested to 0.4 ATM
Weight 165 grammes including steel bracelet
Features Screw back, crown tube screwed into case (not pressed), unique serial number
DIAL
Colour Semi-matte black soft iron anti-magnetic
Luminous Hour markers, triangle at 12 Super Luminova C3
Day/Date Date at 6 o'clock
HANDS
Style Frosted silver , luminous filled
Luminous Super Luminova C3
CRYSTAL Domed sapphire with anti-reflective on underside
MOVEMENT ETA2824-2 25 jewel automatic standard version
STRAP Stainless steel bracelet with custom fitted solid end links and centre clasp;screwed links for adjustment.


This post has been edited by ck77: May 10 2010, 09:33 PM

Yeah, tax free! So get more before government think otherwise

Try City Time Pertama Complex. Last time I asked they can give 30%

Watch movement, owned by Swatch Group.
http://www.eta.ch/

Congrats and good to ride on the low EUR and GBP now.

10k is affortable to you and might not be the case for others
ANyway, we discuss all type of watches here regardless of value

He did in the first thread

That's what Jorg Schauer from Stowa replied me on 30 March, 2010.

alfredfx, we can buy the watch from Stowa onlineshop.

patryn, for me, original flieger should remain date-less. Just me

Not sure about this model, but seems people is more keen on DW-5600C

so patryn, which one is your pick?
I'll go for the second one, a modified 6497 huh?

This post has been edited by ck77: Jun 1 2010, 12:05 AM

ETA 2824 with date, with soft iron core. Speedbird III, all met your criteria.


But then again, I'll go for DUROWE if got one

This post has been edited by ck77: Jun 1 2010, 12:21 AM

Ya not so much history of Speedbird and TimeFactor, but they do have some favourable reviews on WUS.
http://forums2.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=345409
http://forums2.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=383762

How about Steinhart 44mm? Was contemplating before I decided to pull the trigger for Laco.
http://www.steinhartwatches.de/index.php?i...0&Sel_ID=18#120

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Added on June 1, 2010, 4:13 pmBe patient bro CW?

This post has been edited by ck77: Jun 1 2010, 04:13 PM

My Laco is keeping good time, but the rotor a bit noisy when swing. Apparently that's normal for Miyota as it's only swing in one direction, no help for display back too. Surprisingly, it attract more attention by people more than my Speedy.

You know what patryn, I got a wild dream to change the Miyota to ETA if can find a reliable and trustworthy watchmaker here.

This post has been edited by ck77: Jun 2 2010, 09:05 AM

Just thinking getting the movement from offei and ask the watchmaker to install it. Well, not in hurry though.

Very nice Seiko. My target is SCVS003
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=43166